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Cannes Can. May 2013.

Dear Rowley, Couldn’t you just die for the French Riviera? I fell in love with the Cote d’Azur aged five when I first saw Cary Grant’s dashing jewel thief and Grace Kelly’s American heiress play cat and mouse in Hitchcock’s To … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Armani, Balmain, Bloomsbury Square, Botswana, Burberry, Cannes Beach Club, Cannes Film Festival 2013, Carine Roitfeld, Carlton Hotel, Carol Woolton, Carry On, Cary Grant, Chobe National Park, Chobe River, Cinema Against AIDS, Cote d'Azur, Croisette, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, De Beers, Dear Rowley, Dior, Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Fath, French Riviera, Grace Kelly, Gucci, Hitchcock, Horst, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, James Sherwood, James Stewart, John Robie, La Farmer, Louis XVI, Love Gold, Matisse, McQueen, Michael Jackson, Monaco., Monte Carlo, Naomi Campbell, New Look, Nice, Norma Desmond, Orlebar Brown, Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Rear Window, Richard Burton, Roberto Cavalli, Royal Albert Hall, Royal St James's, Sally Morrison, South Africa, St Tropez, To Catch A Thief, Tom Ford, Vogue Jewellery Editor, Vuitton, World Gold Council

No Fly Zone. August 2012.

Dear Rowley, London is once again awash with tourists for the Paralympic Games. In the Olympic spirit, I’d like to propose a lanes system for London’s streets: a dual carriage way on each pavement with a fast lane for natives … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Absinthe, Anderson & Sheppard, Boucher, Cabaret, Cafe Royal, Cockney, Corfu, Corrie Nielsen, Courtauld Gallery. Courtauld Collection, Crown Jewels, Cultural Olympiad, Daily Mail, Damien Hirst, Dear Rowley, Durer, Esther Williams, Exmouth Market, Gaugin, Holborn Grange Hotel, Holborn Health Spa, Impressionism, James Sherwood, King Charles I, Lautrec, Le Train Bleu, Leicester Square, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, London, Manet, Matisse, Max Mosley, Monet, Neo-Classical, Nice, Olympics 2012, Paralympic Games, Picasso, Post-Impressionism, Queen Henrietta Maria, Renoir, Rubens, Savile Row, Sisley, Somerset House, Tate Modern, the artist, Timothy Morgan-Owen. Le Rat Mort, Toulouse Lautrec, Tracey Emin, Trafalgar Square, Trooping the Colour, Van Goch

Glass Houses. July 2011.

Dear Rowley, Don’t you despair of British newspapers sometimes? I’m not a reader of the News of the World or the Sun but do glance at the headlines when buying my morning Telegraph to read in the steam room of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ascot, Ashley Cole, Aston Martin, Bellatrix LeStrange, Cheryl Cole, Craft & Excellence, Curzon Street, Duke of Windsor, Eiffel Tower, Elizabeth Taylor, Empire State Building, Fagin, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Gary England, Georgina Sherwood, Hamley's, Handmade in England: Quality, HArry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Henry Poole & Co, Heywood Hill, Holy Grail, Isadora Duncan, Judy Garland, Lord Snowdon, Lord Voldermort, Madame Arcati, Martin Wise, News of the World, Nosferatu, Phone Tapping Scandal, Picasso, Princess Margaret, Private Eye, Pyramids, Rebecca Wade, Richard Burton, Royal Ascot, Rupert Murdock, Santiago, Savile Row, Scorpio, Simon Cowell, Sun, Tarzan, Thames & Hudson, Thames & Hudson High Holborn window display, The Ice Bar Heddon Street, Truman Capote, Turnbull & Asser

Meet the Virgin Mary July 2010

Dear Rowley, Can you remember that line we both love in the Joan Crawford biopic Mommie Dearest when Christina gets expelled from school for heavy petting? Driving home, a furious Joan reaches for her hip flask and – finding it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ballets Russes, BBC, Buckingham Palace, Cecil Court, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel, David Drummond, Inside Out, Jean Cocteau, Joan Crawford, Mayfair, Mommie Dearest, Picasso, Prince of WAles, Richard Harris, Roddy Leece, Savile Row, Savoy, St George's Mayfair, Stravinsky, Taunton cider, Thames & Hudson, Virgin Mary

Cannes Can. May 2013.

No Fly Zone. August 2012.

Glass Houses. July 2011.

Meet the Virgin Mary July 2010

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